CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA							HANFORD METEOROLOGY STATION 25 MILES N.W. OF RICHLAND, WA LATITUDE 46º 34'N, LONGITUDE 119º 36'W ELEVATION (GROUND) 733 FEET							MONTH: September 2004
	TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)						PRECIPITATION			WIND (50-FT LEVEL)							FRONTS & MISC PHENOM
D A T E	M A X I M U M	M I N I M U M	A V E R A G E	D E P A R T U R E	H D D 65 ºF	C D D 65 ºF	T O T A L IN.	S N O W IN.	SNOW ON GRND AT 0400 IN.	P R E V A I L DIR	A V E SPD MPH	PK G U S T SPD MPH	PK G U S T DIR	A V E RH %	S O L A R A D	S K Y C V R SR TO SS	NOTE:TYPES AND TIMES OF FRONTAL PASSAGES "KFR"(COLD) "WFR"(WARM)
1	79	52	66	-5	0	1				W	13.5	39	W	39	328	6	DL,KFR 0830
2	75	51	63	-8	2	0				NW	10.9	32	WNW	44	404	5
3	81	56	68	-2	0	3				NW	10.1	27	WNW	39	470	6
4	81	52	66	-4	0	1				NW	11.2	42	NW	44	494	1
5	81	53	67	-3	0	2				W	6.6	24	W	38	512	0
6	83	50	66	-4	0	1				E	5.4	18	NW	38	497	2
7	85	52	68	-1	0	3				NW	4.6	14	SSE	36	495	0
8	88	50	69	0	0	4				W	7.5	26	WSW	43	476	2	KFR 1730
9	78	57	68	0	0	3				NW	6.7	24	NW	47	322	10
10	80	48	64	-4	1	0				E	5.5	21	SSW	44	450	8	WFR 2230
11	84	62	73	+5	0	8	T			NW	10.8	32	SSW	44	323	8	KFR 0600
12	76	52	64	-3	1	0				W	8.6	22	NW	43	381	8
13	71	45	58	-9	7	0	0.07			W	6.5	28	W	66	269	9	DL,KFR 0900
14	76	53	64	-3	1	0				W	11.4	32	NW	44	445	4
15	76	50	63	-3	2	0	0.06			W	8.5	28	SW	62	310	8
16	74	47	60	-6	5	0				SW	9.2	29	SW	54	367	9
17	69	54	62	-3	3	0				S	6.7	26	S	55	196	10
18	69	47	58	-7	7	0				SW	14.5	42	SW	47	394	1
19	67	43	55	-9	10	0				NW	6.4	23	WNW	58	349	10	KFR 1600
20	70	52	61	-3	4	0				W	8.5	27	NW	44	338	6
21	73	44	58	-5	7	0				SE	5.3	16	S	44	421	0
22	76	41	58	-4	7	0	0.01			N	4.5	14	NW	52	364	6
23	82	49	66	+4	0	1				W	4.6	18	ESE	54	389	6
24	83	50	66	+4	0	1				W	5.1	13	NW	48	406	0
25	84	48	66	+4	0	1				S	4.3	13	WNW	44	401	0
26	85	52	68	+6	0	3				NW	6.3	15	WNW	43	391	0
27	87	60	74	+12	0	9				NW	7.6	16	NW	41	387	0
28	88	54	71	+9	0	6				NW	5.7	13	NW	44	382	0
29	83	55	69	+7	0	4				NW	6.8	21	WNW	40	355	2
30	78	55	66	+5	0	1				NW	9.0	19	WNW	30	361	7
SUM					57	52	0.14	0
AVG	78.7	51.1	64.9								7.7					4.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.14	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.19	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.07	ON	13	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in column 15 is in Langleys; g-cal/sq. cm				NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				GL-Glaze, T-Thunderstorm, DS-Drifting Snow
TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)				>= T	4	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			64.9	>= 0.01	3	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.145
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-1.0	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.32	ON	21
HIGHEST	88	ON	28+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.59	ON	18
LOWEST	41	ON	22	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			389.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	512	ON	5
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	196	ON	17
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.7	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.4	CLEAR	13	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 42	ON	18+	PARTLY CLOUDY	8	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			57	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	9	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-18	DRY BULB (ºF)	65.3	WET BULB (ºF)	53.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			57	REL. HUM. (%)	45.6	DEW PT.(ºF)	42.4	HIGHEST	97	ON	13
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-27	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	14	ON	30